Curtain-rod fixture.



No. 633,569. Patented sept. 29,1999.

.1. o. cLARK.

CURTAIN non FlxTum-z. (Appxicaeion med my 19, 1999.)

(No Model.)

[Mm/5555i ra/ www @MW www@ UNrTED STATES JOSEPH O. CLARK, OF BOSTON, MASSAC MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

PATENT OFFICE.

HUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO THE PHOENIX OF SOUTH BEPVICK, MAINE.

CURTAIN-ROD FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,569, dated September 26, 1899.

Application filed May 19, 1899.

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Be it known that l, JOSEPH O. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Rod Fixtures, of which the following is a specification, reference beine,r had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l shows a curtain-pole held in place by my new fixture. Fig. 2 shows an end view of my new xture. Fig. Sis a sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

The object of my inventionis to provide a fixture for poles for curtains, portires, and the like which is cheap in manufacture, simple in construction, and eflicient in use and which will admit of the ready adjustment of l the pole.

My invention does away with the need of all brackets, and thereby obviates the defacing of the window and door frames by screws7 nails, and the like.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of myinvention andthe best mode now known to me of applying thatprinciple, a is the curtainpole, over the ends of which is passed a thimble b. The thimble b is divided into an outer and an inner portion by the partition-disk c, forming a recess at the end thereof. Sliding telescopica-Hy in the outer portion of the thimble b is the cap d, the end face of which is provided with a non-slipping material, as corrugated rubber. A spring e rests upon the disk c and presses the cap d rmly against the wall. A pin f, secured to the cap d, passes through the disk and centers the cap d.

Serial No. 717,420. (No model.)

My new iixture requires no brackets and permits the ready fitting and adjustment of the curtain-pole. It obviates the use of screws, 4o nails, and the like, and so obviates the defac ing of Ithe walls. The providing; of the cap with rubber or other non-slipping materrial on its end or abutting` face is a feature of my invention.

l. The combination with the end of a curtain-pole or the like, of a thimble fitted on the end of the pole and havin garecess at the end thereof; a telescopic cap mounted in said re- 5o cess; a coiled spring mounted in said recess between the end of the pole and the end wall of the cap; and non-slipping material secured exteriorly on the outer end of the cap.

2. Asa new article of manufacture, the cur- 55 tain or like rod fixture herein described, the same comprising a thimble divided between its ends into two compartments by a trans-v verse partition-disk; a telescopic cap mounted in one of said compartments; non-slipping 6o material secured on the outer end of the cap;

a coiled spring mounted between the cap end and the transverse partition of the thimble; and a pin secured to the cap and passing through said partition-disk. 6 5

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

.IOSEPI'I O. CLARK.

Witnesses:

EDWARD S. BEACH, E. A. ALLEN. 

